KEMU 150 years | Compulsory education

KEMU's 150 years celebrations end
Lahore, Dec 30: The 150-year celebrations of the establishment of King Edward Medical
College have ended with the culmination of a four-day international
symposium at the King Edward Medical University on Wednesday.

A
large number of Kemcolians from the US, Britain and all over the world
attended this historic occasion. The medical experts delivered 164
lectures in the light of modern medical education and research during
the last four days.

KEMU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Asad Aslam Khan
while thanking all the participants said that the best way to pay
compliments to this historical institution was to maintain the glory of
medical education and to further upgrade it to international standard.
He also thanked the Punjab government for announcement of 10 acres of
land and Rs 50 million for the expansion of the university. The news

The VC appreciating
acknowledging efforts and performance of varsity faculty members, gave
away certificates of appreciation to Dr Ayyaz Muhammad and Dr Imran
Sajid who underwent 12 weeks extensive Master training courses under
faculty professional development program (MT-FPDP) conducted by Higher
Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad. The main objective of MT-FPDP is
to provide training to teaching faculty related to latest pedagogical
and research skills required for effective teaching, higher learning and
research techniques.

Stressing importance
of faculty development, the Dr Kamran remarked that it was not possible
to have qualitative improvement in education without professional
development of teachers. The nation

LUMS team to attend world competition
Lahore: A four-member LUMS MBA students' team will
leave the city for Canada on Thursday (today) to attend the 30th annual
John Molson MBA International Case Competition.

Thirty-six top business schools with 230 participants from around the
world will attend the competition to be held from Jan 3 to 8 in
Montreal, says a press release.

The competition is a not-for-profit event open to top business
schools worldwide, and is recognised as the largest competition of its
kind. Its main purpose is to bridge the gap between corporate and
academic worlds, which ultimately enriches both students and executives
alike. The winning team takes home the Concordia Cup, a cheque for
$10,000 and the prestige of winning the world's oldest and largest
business competition. Dawn

GCU wins Programming Competition
Lahore Department of Computer Sciences of the Government College
University has won the Speed Programming Competition in Brainiac-2010,
organized by the University Engineering and Technology Lahore (UET).

As
many as 36 educational institutions including LUMS, FAST, and Punjab
University took part in the contest in which GCU team comprising Ajmal
Ismail and Muhammad Saqib Ali scored the record 539 points. Punjab
University College of Information Technology (PUCIT) secured the second
position in the contest with overall 179 points. Each team was given six
algorithmic problems in the contest held at the UET Al-Khawarizmi
Institute of Computer Sciences. GCU DCS Director Muhammad Saleem Khan
has congratulated the university team on winning competition. The nation

Compulsory education in KP
Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in a draft bill on compulsory education
has proposed a fine of Rs100 per day or imprisonment which may extend to
three months or both if any parent fails in enrolling his children in
schools.

This was stated by Secretary Education Muhammad Farid
Qureshi while speaking at an orientation workshop titled 'Corporal
punishment and the draft bill to provide

for compulsory education in the province' organised by the Education Department

and Society for the Protection of the Right of the Child (Sparc).

He
said the KP government had prepared the draft bill and after
deliberation it would be sent to Law Department in March 2011 for
tabling it in the provincial assembly. He said the bill shall come into
force on April 1 and would be called "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
Compulsory Education Act, 2011."

The provincial government, he
said, had proposed amendments in the North West Frontier Province,
Compulsory Primary Education Act, 1996. Society for the Protection of
the Right of the Child's National Manager Imtiaz Ahmed presented his
survey regarding corporal punishment in the province.

He said
the dropout of children from schools was still high at 50 per cent
including 62 per cent among males and 34 per cent for females. Imran
Takkar, Society for the Protection of the Right of the Child's
representative, said the organisation with support of the Education
Department has declared 75 government schools as model schools in
Peshawar division where corporal punishment was banned. Executive
District Officers for Education from various districts of the province,
representatives of non-governmental organisations and members of the
media attended the workshop.

Fazaia college for women convocation held
Peshawar: The convocation ceremony of BEd and Montessori diploma courses was held
at Fazaia College of Education for Women, Peshawar on Wednesday.

Air
Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air
Force, was the chief guest on the occasion whereas Begum Farzana Qamar
Suleman, wife of Chief of the Air Staff who is President PAFWA (Pakistan
Air Force Women Association) was also present on the occasion. Air
Commodore (R) Dr Ijaz A Malik, Vice Chancellor Air University,
Islamabad, presided over the function.

The chief guest
distributed merit certificates and gold medals among the position
holders of different batches. Later, Dr Ijaz awarded degrees and
diplomas to the graduating students. Total awardees comprised 87
graduating students, out of which, 70 received BEd Degrees, while 17 got
Montessori Diplomas. The news